It is always sad to lose a member of our community. It is even more sad when this person is young. Two years ago, Mike Alexander, the bassist of the thrash metal band Evile died. I was following the band since it's beginning, so I was really sad when I heard his death. Last year, I was lucky enough to see Evile live, with their new bassist, but I would have liked to see a concert with Mike Alexander, because he seemed to be very enthusiastic on stage!
After 2 years studying computing science, I am disgusted by computers. I don't want to be a computer scientist anymore. I worked for 4 years as a web designer, and I was threatened with death by a customer who refused to pay. In August I decided to go back to what I was doing after graduation: sewing and jewelry. I left my keyboard, my mouse and my PHP scripts for crayons. I designed a mini-collection, composed of thinks I like. Before creating my brand, I will sale this collection on Etsy. If all goes well, in 30 days you will find skirts, dresses, blouses and jewelry on my shop.
Like I said on tumblr, my mother gave me her old denim jacket. I've been waiting for this moment for 10 years! I didn't want to do a metal vest with a brand new jacket. I wanted my mom's jacket because she got me into metal.
I'll show you all the steps to make a metal vest. On the first picture you can see the jacket. On the second one I cut the sleeves off the make a vest. On the third picture, there are the patches I already have, and on the last one, the patches I'm going to buy. I will also add spikes and studs.
Forgotten Tomb is one of my favorite band. I follow them since their beginning. When I bought my copy of Under Saturn Retrograde, I was surprised to see that the album is dedicated to Peter Steele. Herr Morbid was inspired by Type O Negative (the song "A dish best served cold" is a reference to T.O.N' "A dish best served coldly").
According to Tumblr, I am not a real metalhead. I don't fit the image of what Tumblr calls a metalhead. I am imaginary.
1) I don't listen to metal 100% of the time. I listen to different kinds of music, including rap and South American music.
2) I don't drink beer, actually I don't drink alcohol at all. I'm not interested in all the booze stories metalheads share. Being proud to be a waste is something I will never understand.
3) I don't want to be a viking. I don't worship Norway, Sweden etc... I won't pretend that I have north European ancestry because it's untrue. Most of my family comes from North Africa, the other part comes from Europe (Germany, The Netherlands). I'm not ashamed of that. Norse mythology is fascinating, so is southern mythology. And I don't think people have to come from a particular place to be interested in the mythology of this place. It's not like mythology is written in our D.N.A. My family has a strong attachment to Eastern Europe, and, as I live in France, I try to learn about what were these countries before the arrival of Christianity.
4) I don't want to date a metalhead vitally. Guys with long hair are not always hot. Is Santa hotter than Frank Mullen? What I mean is that, when you're young, you think that dating someone who is exactly like you is great. When you're an adult, you understand that there is much more important than that.
5) I don't want to kill myself. I haven't been raised to be a victim.
6) I don't like fictional horror. My life was difficult enough that I do not need additional horror. Horror images make me feel uncomfortable because they remind me of bad memories. I still try to watch them as much as possible, because I don't like being a pussy either.
7) I am not in love with Fenriz.
8) My friends don't listen to metal.
9) Most of the time I wear blue jeans, pretty blouses and pumps. (Even though I'm currently wearing leopard print pants and a Metallica shirt haha.)
10) I don't give a fuck about what so-called metlheads think about me. I won't pretend I'm something I'm not.
Sometimes, when I play the guitar, I find a riff I don't like, that stays in my mind. The more I play it, the more I enjoy it, or, should I say, the more my mind tolerates it. It's like I have to play it, because it's pleasant to play, not pleasant to listen to. So I record it, listen to it a lot, start to think about the drumming that would be great with it. When I find the drumming, I take my guitar again, and begin to play the lead part. A the end, I have a brand new song, that I like to play. Usually it's the kind of songs, people who listen to my music like.
What is interesting is the different perception the listener and the composer have. The listener (who is not a musician) will only hear what he/she likes. Maybe he/she will headbang or do some air guitar, but he/she will not think about how the song is made. It won't be easy for the musician who has created the song, to see it as a song. He/she will think about how the song must be played and what are the tricks behind.
Twelve years ago, when I started to create music seriously, I didn't think about listeners. I was selfish and played music for myself. I played the music I wanted to listen to, because I was tired of waiting this music to be created by other musicians. When I was in high school and college I played in several bands. This is when I found out that music isn't only a selfish thing. Music can to be shared. My other passion was (is) to manipulate people, to play with their minds. Isn't music the best way to play with people's mind? Gradually, I started to create music, not only for myself, but for everyone. Now when I create a song, I don't think about the music, I think about how I want people to feel when they will listen to the song. I think about how they will enjoy the introduction, when they will hear it at a show, and I think about the fact that my song might be helpful to get though painful things. For example, when you have a fight with someone you hate and you want to kill, instead of killing that asshole, you calm down, take your iPod and listen to some hateful music. I want to create music that will make you change your mind, music that will lead you to the kitchen, take a knife and stab the motherfucker.
The first time I listened to this album I hated it. Morbid Angel's worshipers say that people who don't like this album are against experimental music which is wrong. I'm really open-minded when it comes to music, I listen to almost everything, that's why I was disappointed by Illud divinum insanus. Morbid Angel are able to make an album 100 times better than this one. I think it's a good idea to introduce more industrial and experimental in death metal. But the way they did it is wrong. Rob Zombie, The Berzerker, Ministry, Pain, Atheist, Pestilence, to name a few, have proven that the mix of experimental and metal can be interesting.
Last month, I went to an amazing show. I saw Veil of Maya, Born of Osiris and The Faceless. You can read my live report (in french) there.
My camera is broken, so I couldn't take good pictures, but even if I had a professional camera, I would have been to busy to headband to do the photographer.
This show was very intense, and funny, because B.O.O's guitarist is a great crab core dancer. I thought Abbath was the best, but Lee McKinney knows it all.
Two months ago I was doing some shopping with my mom. I was really tired, so it wasn't easy to concentrate on our conversation. We were walking in the dish-washing liquid department when I saw this man. He was wearing a red plaid shirt, black jeans, Vans shoes and a band shirt. I didn't see immediately what was the name of the band. He had long brown hair, hazel eyes, a mischievous grin and was sehr tall.
I was wearing black skinny jeans, Converse All stars shoes, a black leather jacket, nerd glasses, and a Job For A Cowboy shirt. He looked at me, and I thought it was because of my zombie face, but it wasn't. He smiled, and I saw that we were wearing the same JFAC shirt. He was the spitting image of Jonny Davy. Allowing for the circumstances, I couldn't ask him for his phone number.
